According to a press release issued by CBSE last month, the CBSE board examination was conducted in about 6,000 examination centres across India and abroad.

A total of 31,14,831 students registered for the CBSE Class 10 and Class 12 board examinations this year, out of which 18,27,472 registered for the Class 10 exams.

The highest number of candidates who registered for Class 10, Class 12 exams and overall were from Delhi. According to the figures released by the board, 5,69,696 candidates had registered for CBSE Class 10 and Class 12 examinations from Delhi.

This year maximum female candidates (2,72,271) appeared from Delhi and the maximum male candidates (3,38,613) appeared from Uttar Pradesh (UP).